Sentences with phrase «majority of public companies»

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It hasn't been worth mining bitcoin using standard consumer computer hardware for years because of the kind of processing power involved; the overwhelming majority of ordinary members of public pools will have bought hardware from companies like KnCMiner.

When Facebook staged its initial public offering six years ago, it implemented a dual - class share structure that means Zuckerberg personally controls a majority of the voting stock even though other investors own the majority of the financial value of the company.

This current Board structure also is consistent with majority practice at large public companies: according to the 2017 Spencer Stuart Board Index, 72 % of companies in the S&P 500 do not have an independent board chairman.

Wide distribution over the internet • Low cost, efficient, transparent capital • The «great equalizer «• Media / PR, awareness • Increase customer engagement and • Evangelize backers into investors (customer acquisition) • Reduce risk by getting feedback on new launches (product or ventures) • Market research Access to Capital Marketing Platform Validation • Raising funds via crowdfunding markets is a very public and transparent • Protect your IP and speak to a lawyer • Crowdfunding takes a lot of effort and commitment • The majority of Ideas fail to reach their funding goal • How will this affect your companies brand?

Conversion Rights — All convertible preferred stock will be automatically converted into common stock upon (i) the closing of an underwritten public offering of shares of common stock of the Company at a public offering price per share that provides at least $ 100 million in aggregate gross proceeds or (ii) approval of at least (a) holders of 66 % of the Series A convertible preferred stock, voting as a single class on an as - converted basis; (b) holders of a majority of the Series B convertible preferred stock, voting as a single class on an as - converted basis; (c) holders of a majority of the Series D convertible preferred stock, voting as a single class on an as - converted basis; and (d) the holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock (voting together as a single class and not a separate series, and on an as - converted basis).

In particular, companies should be allowed to introduce dual - class shares after they have gone public, subject to a majority - of - minority shareholder vote.

Despite the fact that the majority of shareholders oppose the activist shareholder proposals, because of the current regulatory regime, public companies must dedicate time, and money to defend against them.

This comes a year after a shareholder proposal seeking an assessment of the long term impacts on the company's portfolio of public policies received near - majority support.

I guess the lesson of Travis Kalanick's resignation as chief executive officer of Uber Technologies Inc. is that you can be the visionary founder of a massive company, stay private to avoid the pressures of the public market, keep control of a majority of the voting power of the shares, and still be forced out in a boardroom coup led by activist shareholders:

3 Star The majority of the individual's fortune is tied to closely held companies or public companies for which transparent information is unavailable.

The bill proposes to implement a requirement of majority voting for all public companies incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act.

The bill proposes to implement a requirement of majority voting for all public companies incorporated under the...

(The public company, of which he owns over 90 %, holds $ 24 billion in assets, including majority stakes in eight companies, such as auto parts maker Federal - Mogul.)

Togbe's other current directorships include: • Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club Ltd (Chairman), Ghana's premier football club • Africa Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership, a partnership of African development organizations • Africa World Airlines Ltd (Co-chairman), a domestic and regional carrier • Aluworks Ghana Ltd, an aluminium rolling mill listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) • Ensign College of Public Health, a private university training public health practitioners • National Investment Bank Ltd (Chairman), a majority state - owned, publicly traded universal bank • Sunon Asogli Power (Ghana) Ltd, an independent power generating company Among Togbe's many awards and recognitions are the follPublic Health, a private university training public health practitioners • National Investment Bank Ltd (Chairman), a majority state - owned, publicly traded universal bank • Sunon Asogli Power (Ghana) Ltd, an independent power generating company Among Togbe's many awards and recognitions are the follpublic health practitioners • National Investment Bank Ltd (Chairman), a majority state - owned, publicly traded universal bank • Sunon Asogli Power (Ghana) Ltd, an independent power generating company Among Togbe's many awards and recognitions are the following:

Considering recent YouGov polling for class showed the public actually backed nationalisation of energy companies by 68 % to 21 % (including a slim majority of Conservative voters), Miliband's «reform» is clearly what the public wants.

A 2013 YouGov poll found a majority of the public supported nationalising rail and energy companies.

«It really exemplifies the fact that 80 percent of the public support medicinal cannabis and even a majority of people support a recreational law,» said Kyle Kingsley, the CEO of Vireo Health, whose company is one of five that operate in the state's medical marijuana program, in an interview on Capital Tonight.

Adam, 33, and Dean, 67, both of Rockville Centre, are on trial in federal court in Manhattan on allegations that the former Senate majority leader solicited bribes and extortion of three different companies — Arizona - based AbTech; Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers of Roslyn and New Hyde Park - based Glenwood Management — to hire Adam as a consultant in return for favorable legislation and public - works contracts.

You may not know this: the majority of public health education comes from the marketing departments of Fortune 500 companies.

A majority of the districts want to keep control of academics, despite a few highly publicized experiments in which private companies have taken over instruction in public schools.

What is absolutely clear is that according to the documents Perry and his private company provided the New York Board of Regents, control of Hartford's Capital Prep Magnet School was critical to his plans, not only since he would be collecting a multi-million dollar management fee for running Hartford's public magnet school but because he would be using Capital Prep to employee the majority of the members of his private company.

BRWM works only with individuals and institutions who have over # 1 million in investable assets, yet the company seems eager to get its message out to the UK public, even though the vast majority of the film's audience will never become clients.

Moreover, given that the top five (by percentage ownership per Securities and Exchange Commission public filings) Facet owners appear to represent over 45 % of the outstanding shares, the Alternate Slate believes that the Company's management and Incumbent Board may, with only modest effort, conclude that the majority of Facet investors agree with the cash dividend and sale platform endorsed by the Alternate Slate.

The problem is that the merger requires a 2/3 majority vote of the public company shareholders and management can't seem to get the needed shareholder votes for whatever reason.

Vivendi still retains 83 million shares (around 12 percent), but Activision Blizzard will become an independent company again with a majority of its shares owned by the public.

The outdated law gives mining companies «free and open access» to the majority of U.S. public land without taxpayer compensation.

Outspoken liberal politicians, including some aspiring Presidential candidates, like New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, want to divest their respective public pension funds from fossil fuel companies for ideological reasons, while the vast majority of fund managers from both sides of the aisle disagree.

The «protectionist instincts» that I and others have are (1) to protect the independence of the bar (sure to be lost eventually under nonlawyer ownership), (2) to protect the health of the legal marketplace (sure to be badly harmed by the cartelization of ABS (see the 5 % commissions charged by the cartel of real estate agencies who still control the vast majority of the realty market, and especially see the ridiculously high costs of dealing with the American title insurance industry where four companies have upwards of 87 % of the conveyancing and title insurance market after first decimating the real estate bar with predatory pricing and other unfair business practices)-RRB-, and (3) to protect the public from those ravages.

Representing board of directors of a public insurance company in defense of three expedited shareholder injunction actions involving an unsolicited tender offer made by the company's majority shareholder.

«What's interesting is the Twitter account at issue, the TTC had very little control — if any — over the posts that were made,» Mark Mendl, partner at Baker & McKenzie LLP, says, adding this is a new direction as the vast majority of cases out there have dealt with employee posts to social media, not posts by the general public to a company - held account.

The public trust doctrine has not been widely discussed in Canadian case law with the only significant mention being by the Supreme Court of Canada in British Columbia v. Canadian Forest Products Ltd., 2004 SCC 38 at para. 74 where Binnie J. acknowledged that «The notion that there are public rights in the environment that reside in the Crown has deep roots in the common law» (however, the majority decision ultimately took a conservative approach to not allow the Crown to succeed in a general claim for damages for «environmental loss» [caused by a negligently undetected controlled burn of slashing and other waste by a logging company] in the absence of a statutory scheme permitting such a claim).

Zivkovic Samardzic has advised the joint - stock public company that owns and operates the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport on its share capital increase through contribution of 28 real estate properties owned by its majority shareholder — the Republic of Serbia.

With the majority of the world's public mining companies listed on Canada's stock exchanges, Dentons is your Canadian connection to mining in Latin America and around the world.

Fortunately, companies like Blue Cross Blue Shield are on board and recently began offering the telemedicine option to the majority of its customers, including those who purchase coverage on the public health insurance exchanges.

Despite being a stockheld company open to the public, the majority of shares are still owned by the Moody's, from two separate entities, the Libby Shearn Moody trust and the Moody Foundation.

To resolve the charges, the SEC said, Holmes has agreed to pay a $ 500,000 penalty, will give up majority voting control of the company, and will be barred from serving as an officer at a public company for a decade.

Unfortunately, the vast majority of public and private organizations globally, including leading cyber security companies, have not deployed DMARC (Domain - based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance) to prevent spammers and phishers from using an organization's name to conduct cyber attacks, according to new research from the Global Cyber Alliance (GCA).

When a company sells or goes public, founders and investors get the majority of the liquidity, and unless you're working for the next Google, your equity stake will provide some nice but not life - changing cash.

But, the majority of large companies and virtually all public sector government employers provide an extensive employee benefits package.

These companies rule the roost in the accounting industry, conducting the majority of audits for public companies and other major private corporations.